Unit photograph of153rd Infantry Regiment band, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 1939

Gift of Betty Schoeneck Howell
Description: 

Photograph, unit. 153rd Infantry Regiment band posed outside of building. George W. Schoeneck in photograph; he played piccolo. Personal Caption (Front): "1939 153rd Inf. Band. Chas. A. Bush, W.O. Commanding Officer. Eddie Matowitz, Technical Srgt." Personal Caption (Reverse): "First Row – Srgt. McCrory, Sol Alman, Wally Simmons, Lou Connolly, Al Sutter, Wolly Strudley, Osa Crable, ‘Bugs’ Thurman. Second Rod – Warrant Officer C.A. Bush, Srgt. , Cprl. Mann, Wes Dudek, Wendell Pedigoe, J.O. Powell, Sammy Routh, G. Schoeneck, Judson Bryant (Slim [illegible]), Acting Cprl. Hawn, Pitt see. Third Row – Srgt. Matowitz, Srgt. Fabian, Srgt. Meridith, Merivole Emde, ‘Doc’, Lamar Smith, ‘Pop’ Keaves, Billy Gordon, Dale Ford, Acting Cprl. Bean, ‘Zorro’. Fourth Row – Srgt. Charley Hart, Gene Fair, Cprl. Hurley (‘Sailor’), Dick Cash, Cprl. Jimmie Wiseman, Jimmie Flemming, Kenard Tompkins, Oland Mashburn, [blank space], Mason Emde, ? Walters." North Little Rock, Arkansas. 1939

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Donor: 
Betty Schoeneck Howell
Accession Number: 
2009.630.013
Date: 
1939
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Unit: 
153rd Infantry Regiment
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Topical Subjects: 
Group portraits--Arkansas
Military bands--American--Arkansas
Collection Level: 
Items from the service of George W. Schoeneck, who was born on July 22, 1923 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He enlisted in the Army on 21 October 1942 and served with the 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion as an observation pilot. Schoeneck arrived in Palermo, Sicily in January of 1944 and served in Europe until he was Killed in Action on 16 January 1945. Schoeneck was interred in an American cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg. Collection includes over seventy photographs and a few documents related to Schoeneck's service.
Geography: 
North Little Rock
Latitude: 
34.767
Longitude: 
-92.267
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Group portraits--Arkansas
Military bands--American--Arkansas